bunchanumbers said:
Its what happened when console makers insisted that power makes the machine and not the games. Sony was guilty of this too. During the launch of the X1 and PS4 all we'd hear about is how crappy the Xbox One was because it didn't have GDDR5 and that PS4 is the most powerful console in the history of the world. I still remember the pulled Sony ad where they declared Watchdogs 1080p and 60 fps. Plus that technical sounding terms make average folk feel smart so they tend to go with the higher numbers. |
Advertising a power advantage goes back to the very beginning of consoles. Anyone who has ever had a graphical advantage has played it up, including Nintendo ("Now You're Playing With Power"). I remember an SNES ad talking about their "amazing graphics" because of 16-bit custom chips. Having a graphical advantage was the basis of Intellivision's attack on Atari. I have no idea why people act like this is something recent.
